JW
Losing my mind and not knowing it.
The Guardian, The Q&A, The Guardian, 13 September 2008 source ↗
The question
What do you fear most?Originally asked
Vanity Fair, to its interview subject, The Proust Questionnaire
The exact prompt is fixed in Vanity Fair's Proust Questionnaire and independently sustained in The Guardian's The Q&A over multiple decades.
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Wasting my life.
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Pain. I told Jeffrey that if I have a really bad headache just pull the plug.
Those abduction situations where you’re packed in a bunker for 30 years.
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Judgmental without investigation.
As a funny guy who surprised you once in a while.
To my teachers in high school - that I didn't punch them in the mouth for discouraging all my interests.
A wonderful, terribly exciting disease.
Just thinking about unsafe sex.
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